- Tian Zhuangzhuang
Infobox Person
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name = Tian Zhuangzhuang
田壯壯
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birth_date = 1952
birth_place =Beijing ,China
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occupation = Director and Professor atBeijing Film Academy
spouse =Tian Zhuangzhuang (zh-cp|c=田壯壯|p=Tián Zhuàngzhuàng) (born
1952 ,Beijing ,China ) is a Chinesefilm director and producer.Son of
Tian Fang , a famousactor in the 1930s and a director who became head of the Beijing Film studio, andYu Lan , an actress who later ran the China's Children's Film Studio, Tian began as an amateur photographer and as an AC at theBeijing Agricultural Film Studio . He graduated from theBeijing Film Academy in 1982, together with a cohort of Fifth Generation directors which includedChen Kaige andZhang Yimou .Directorial career
One of Tian's most renowned works is "
The Horse Thief ": like many of his early works, it is about ethnic minorities in China, and American directorMartin Scorsese named it as his favorite film of the 1980s. Tian's work has also drawn fire from the Chinese government, especially "The Blue Kite ", a film about the adverse effects of Communist rule: theHundred Flowers Movement , theGreat Leap Forward and especially theCultural Revolution . Footage of "The Blue Kite" was smuggled out of the country; Tian has denied complicity in the act. After a hiatus of some nine years, he returned with a critically acclaimed remake ofFei Mu 's famous film "Spring in a Small Town " (1948), often referred to in English as "Springtime in a Small Town " (2002) to differentiate it from the original. In 2004 he made the first HD feature of China, a documentary called "Delamu ", on ethnic minorities inYunnan andTibet . His latest feature, "The Go Master " (2006) is a biopic of the legendary Chinese Go player,Go Seigen .Filmography
As director
As producer
External links
*imdb name|id=0862514|name=Tian Zhuangzhuang
* [http://www.dianying.com/en/person/TianZhuangzhuang Tian Zhuangzhuang] at the Chinese Movie Database
* [http://sinoflicker.com/portal/content/view/157/48/ Tian Zhuangzhuang] at Sinoflicker
* [http://www.filmreference.com/Directors-St-Ve/Tian-Zhuangzhuang.html Tian Zhuangzhuang] at Film Reference
* [http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_artqa/2005-04/20/content_68038.htm Article on Tian and his work from ChinaCulture.org]
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